i have to look into this bit about insurance comanies offering a discount if you have a home security system......
IF WE AINT GOT A SECURITY SYUSTEM.... I MISS MY GUESS !!
ANYONE THRU THE GATE WILL CAUSE AT LEAST ONE DOG TO BARK.... WHICH I DO HEAR ( IF I HAVE ON A HEARING DEVICE...)
SPEAKING OF THRU THE GATE, I THINK MO HAS THE PICTURE OF DON'T GO NEAR THAT GATE... SHE WILL START GRAZING OPPOSITE THE GUEST HOUSE AND THN VERY CASUALLY COME UP TO MY GOLF CART AND TURN INTO TH E SMOKING AREA.. CASUALLY AROUND ME-- NEARER THE GATE BUT NOT APPROACING IT AND GO UP THE DRIVEWAY NEAR THE GARAGE.. SOR T OF SAYING ... "SEE I GOT THE PICTURE"
SO I AM TRYING TO TRUST HER.... KNOWING FULL WELL MARY-- MY "OLD" MAMOTH DONKEY PLAYED "GOTCHA" EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE... AND GET OUTSIDE THE GATE... THEN STAND AND BRAY TO GET BACK IN....
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PUPS ARE MATURING BIG TIME-- EATING OUT OIF THIER OWN DISHES N A VERY ADULT MANNER-- WHICH MEANS... IF WE PLANNED CORRECTLY, THE NEXT LITTER IS APPROACHING...????? APPARENTLY SEPT 3-4TH IS GABBY'S DUE DATE... SHE WILL COME HERE ABOUT THE 1ST... AS WE SHUFFLE THIS LITTER TO THE "KITCHEN SOFA" AREA-- BY THE TIME OF DOG FEST, WE SHOULD HAVE 2 PRETTY SMALL PUPS ON THE GROUND... WITH GABBY'S PUPS JUST OPENING THEIR EYES????-- SO AS THERI EYES OPEN AUDRY WILL BE MOVING IN FOR HER LITTER AND LANIES WILL BE SHUFFLED TO THE "USED CAR LOT" IN THE NUTT HOUSE....
AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE TO REPORT AT THE MOMENT.... SIZZLE HAS A MOST PEQULIAR HEAT PERIOD... SHE IS STILL VERY ATTRACTIVE TO BENTLEY-- IT IS A NOT YET FOR THAT --- MAYBE NEXT TIME... I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE MORE LITTER WITH OPAL... SHE HAD SUCH A GOOD BUNCH-- ESPECIALLY IF WE DON'T GET ANY MORE OF BENTLEY'S GENES ( HE'S OPALS BROTHER) GOT ALL THAT STRAIGHT????
I AM HOPING JULIETTE WILL COME THRU WITH MORE TREE-- I AM TOTALLY DEPENDANT ON THAT FOR FIRGUING OUT BLOODLINES...
I SUPPOSE WE SHOULD DO OUT A NORMAL LOOKING PEDIGREE FOR EVERY LITTER FOR REFERENCE...
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN INTERN JOB THIS SUMMER...
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BOY ARE WE GOING TO MISS OUR TEENAGERS-- THEY ARE GOOD.... NOT ONLY THIER YOUNG LEGS AND STRONG BACKS...., BUT THEY ARE QUITE ASTUTE - CAPABLE OF MAKING DECISIONS--ALL PURPLE SHIRTERS.... MAYBE I CAN PURSUDE THEM TO WRITHE A DAILY DOGGIE BEFORE THE Y GO BACK TO SCHOOL.... IN LAURA'S CASE I THINK THAT IS A WEEK.
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TODAY'S SCHEDULE*****
ANNE IS COMING ABOUT 10:00 WITH RELTIVES WHO WILL THEN GO AWAY AND WE WILL TALK BUSINESS WHILE WE GO TO THE BUCKLE GUY'S WAREHOUSE IN NEWBURY FOR MORE BRASS RINGS.... TO MAKE THE ROPES WE USE AROUND HERE... RECORDS SHOW I BOUGHT 95 RINGS 8 MONTS AGO... AND I HAVE ONE LEFT... -- GRANTED ... A ROPE AND A RING ( THE OLD SCOTISH RENDITION OF A PIECE OF HAY STRING) GETS USED NOT ONLY FOR A LEASH AND COLLAR.... BUT THEY TIE GATES CLOSED... HOLD UP SAGGING TARPS....AND REPLACE NAILS IN SOOO MANY PLACES.... RUN THE NUMBERS-- THAT MEANS 12 PER MONTH GO OUT OF CIRCULATION AS LEASHES--
IF I ASK AROIUND, I FIND.." OH, I NEVER CAN FIND ONE SO I HIDE ONE IN MY CAR, OVER THE RAFTER IN THE DEAGLE HOUSE, BEHIND THE BARREL "....AD INFINITUM AND THE BRASS RINGS COST $2 EACH -- IT WOULD PAIN ME TO BUY THE CHEAPER ONES FOR $1 THAT DO RUST--- BRASS IS GOOD THAT WAY -- IT MAY GET GREEN BUT IT STILL IS HTERE.
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AND THEN 1:00 ISH BRYAN IS DUE BACK TO WAVE HIS HANDS OVER THE DONKEYS WHO ARE DOING MUCH BETTER-- THE OVERNIGHT CROWD EVEN SAID THE PAINTEED DONK CAN NOW LIE DOWN WITHOUT CHOKING... THIS IS PROGRESS... ESPECIALLY IF SHE GOES INTO LABOR... BREATHING IS ESENTIAL....
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LAST NIGHT AT MAILCALL I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN MEGAN AND STEVE HAD SO MUCH MAIL.... APPARENTLY SOMEONE COMPLAINED THAT THEY WERE NOT GETTING QUICK ENOUGH ANSWERS TO THIER EMAILS OR TEXTS.... SO MORE KINDLY CP'S SENT CARDS TO CHEER THEM UP... GOOD FOR YOU !!
UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING I AM MISSING... I CAN NOT THINK OF ANY EMERGENCY THAT WOULD DEMAND EITHER MEGAN OR STEVE GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH ANYONE.. IMMEDIATELY..THE CAMERA CROWD IS WONDRFUL-- AND VERY HELPFUL-- AND THEY ARE PRETTY GOOD AT REMINDING CP'S WHO ARE IN SOME PANIC MODE THAT EVEN THOTHE CAMERAS SHOW ALOT.... THEY DON'T SHOW EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON....- STEVE AND MEGAN'S PRIMARY JOB IS TO DEAL WITH DOGS.... THEN RECIPIENTS QUESTIONS WHEN THEY CAN...
THIS ALSO GOES FOR BARN AND DONKEY MANAGEMENT-- THERE WERE A FEW COMMENTS DURING TH E DONKEY CRISIS THAT WERE MORE THAN NECESSARY..... FOR EXAMPLE-- TO START A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD BE WORMING THE DONKEYS AGAIN FOR LUNG WORM IN 2 WEEKS JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE READ IT ONLINE-- WHAT WAS MISSING IN THE ONLINE ARTICLE WAS THAT THERE WAS A BIG POSSIBLIITY THE WORMING THEY HAD IN QUARENTINE MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE LUNG PROBLEMS WE WERE STRUGGLING WITH... AND TO WORM THEM AGAIN MIGHT HAVE KILLED THEM.
I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO EXPLAIN THAT BEFORE AND SOMEONE SENT ME AN EMAIL M "WELL IF YOU ARE UNWILLING TO DISCUSS THINGS , EXPLORE SHOULD TAKE YOU OFF THEIR LIST"
I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TIME TO "HAND FEED THE COMMENTS" I WAS TOO BUSY HAND FEED ING THE DONKEYS...
IT AIN'T DULL AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF 99.47% OF YOU ALL...
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DONKEYS..... THAT IS WHERE I HAVE TO GO NOW.
